Livestock Indemnity Program benefits available to Carter County producers

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED, Robin Markuson in Carter County recently announced that producers who suffered qualifying livestock losses due to natural disasters could be eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).

LIP provides livestock producers with a vital safety net to help them overcome the damaging financial impact of natural disasters.

LIP compensates eligible livestock owners and contract growers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to an eligible adverse weather event, including losses due to hu...